EVgo announced the opening of its first Tesla‑compatible Supercharger site in Illinois, a 12‑stall station at Riverside Square & River’s Edge near downtown Chicago. The location uses Tesla’s Magic Dock technology, allowing both NACS and CCS plugs to connect without adapters, and delivers up to 325 kW of power at rates of $0.25‑$0.35 per kWh. EVgo plans to roll out hundreds of similar stalls across country, primarily at Regency Centers properties, leveraging Tesla’s Supercharger for Business program. The [...]

Tesla’s Austin Gigafactory is transitioning to continuous production through the end of 2026, according to drone analyst Joe Tegtmeyer. The plant will add a night shift, creating two 12‑hour shifts while retaining the General Assembly line’s Monday‑to‑Thursday schedule and extending other areas to full‑week operation. Planned holiday shutdowns for Thanksgiving and the Christmas‑New Year period will be eliminated. Giga Texas currently assembles the Model Y, Model Y L, Cybertruck and the Cybercab robotaxi, though the extra capacity is expected to favor [...]

Tesla’s latest over‑the‑air software update, version 2026.38, disables third‑party bidirectional chargers in Australia while simultaneously enabling Powershare home‑backup for new vehicles in the United States and Canada. Australian owners of existing Teslas, who previously used devices such as Sigenergy, EleJoy and Tlyard to export up to 25 kW from their car batteries to their homes, report that discharge stops after a few minutes and a battery‑management alert appears. Tesla’s release notes cite “security improvements” but give no indication [...]

Tesla inaugurated the Berlin Tesla Engineering Center (BTEC) in the Köpenick district, consolidating four European engineering sites and 30 labs onto a former cable‑factory campus 30 minutes from Giga Berlin. The €100 million hub houses about 250 engineers, many relocated from Tilburg, and will expand to roughly 500 staff. BTEC integrates materials, powertrain, vehicle engineering and validation under one roof, creating a rapid feedback loop for development and production. Labs focus on battery cells, motors, materials, full‑vehicle testing [...]

Tesla’s vehicle registrations in Germany surged 290.9 % in October, reaching 2,932 units, the highest monthly total for the company in the country. Year‑to‑date, Tesla registered 47,742 vehicles, up 206.1 % from the same period in 2025. The surge occurred amid a 79.5 % rise in all battery‑electric vehicles, which accounted for 37 % of the 254,492 cars registered that month. Despite the jump, Tesla held a 1.2 % share of new registrations, trailing Chinese rivals BYD and Leapmotor.

Tesla and SpaceX shares fell on Wednesday after Democrats won control of both the House and Senate, while broader markets rallied. Tesla stock slipped 2.32% to about $389.30 and SpaceX dropped 4.49% to $134.97. Analysts linked the declines to Elon Musk’s estimated $450‑$474 million political spending, much of it aimed at Texas races that now have a Democratic governor and senator. In Texas, the Austin Gigafactory, robotaxi pilots and planned AI compute expansions face a state executive who opposed [...]

Tesla posted a new 30‑second point‑of‑view video on X showing its next‑generation Roadster performing a “kickflip” stunt that lifts the uncrewed prototype off the ground and rolls it inverted over a lineup of Model 3, Model Y, Cybercab, Cybertruck and Semi at SpaceX’s McGregor test site. The clip captures the car’s cold‑gas thrusters firing, an underbody suction‑fan system climbing an inverted ramp, and the vehicle landing gently on its wheels using thruster vapor for cushioning. Engineers described the maneuver [...]